Gauge pod alternative.

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Gauge pod alternative.

Postby meby » Mon May 03, 2010 3:16 pm

Here is an alternative to ill fitting gauge pods or pods that break the bank. I bought a 25 dollar fully enclosed gauge cup from a local auto value store. There is enough room to easily fit three or four gauges on the pillar. I is mounted so that the gauge is facing directly at the driver (can be adjusted to fit you really tall or short guys :lol: ), not like the autometer one that only works for 6' 20'' people. :mrgreen:

This is the view from the driver seat.
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This is the view from the outside, pardon the glare of the glass. The wire is barely visible from the inside or outside of the truck. I took some really thick electrical tape and wrapped the wires in it. If you wanted to go to a little more trouble, you could drill a hole in the trim piece to shorten the exposed wire from about 7'' down to 2''.

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Be careful though when you drill through the plastic trim piece, it cracks real easy. :(


Oh. and here is a picture of the truck.

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Re: Gauge pod alternative.

Postby redneckroot » Sat May 15, 2010 10:26 pm

That was the same thing I thought. I like them because I can move them anyway I want, plus I can add more as needed.
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Re: Gauge pod alternative.

Postby Cummins Jr. » Thu May 20, 2010 11:16 pm

nice man i really like this idea, thank
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Re: Gauge pod alternative.

Postby bmoeller » Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:55 pm

Made a dash mount out of a $9 bread pan for my KW truck. Has a fuel psi and a fuel temp gauges in it. :)
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Re: Gauge pod alternative.

Postby The_Head » Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:31 pm

I like it too.
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Re: Gauge pod alternative.

Postby redneckroot » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:16 pm

The really nice part about the individual pods is you can always add more without making the pillar look like a cobbled mess.
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Re: Gauge pod alternative.

Postby PToombs » Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:42 pm

Until the plastic breaks and they all fall down. :(
Unless you have them screwed into the pillar itself. ;)
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Re: Gauge pod alternative.

Postby redneckroot » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:27 pm

Mine are screwed right through the plastic into the pillar. Without a screwdriver or hammer they aren't falling off. I really like them because you can also adjust them exactly how you want them. I haven't seen a 1st gen pillar set up that I can say is easy to read. Plus the individual pods makes me feel like it is a more true to its time look, back when everyone had tach's on their trucks and cars on the corner of their dash.
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Re: Gauge pod alternative.

Postby 1stgenblowingsmoke » Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:46 pm

I did the same with mine my interior has changed slightly from the first pic but gauges still mounted the same way.

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